If you’re planning to use I-95 this week, be prepared, as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) just issued an alert for this week’s delays.
According to a VDOT release, “Interstate 95 travelers can expect delays in the Fredericksburg area on Monday-Thursday evenings this week as crews lift concrete beams into place at the site of a new Fall Hill Avenue overpass.”
VDOT is encouraging travelers to use Route 1 to avoid delays, according to a release.
More on the construction and delays, from a release:
The Fall Hill Avenue overpass is located at mile marker 131, just south of the Rappahannock River bridges and Safety Rest Area. It is located between I-95 Exit 130/Route 3 at Fredericksburg and Exit 133/Route 17 in Stafford County.
Lanes will be closed on the following schedule, weather permitting:
Monday, Aug. 15 − Wednesday, Aug. 17
I-95 southbound
- Single lane closure at 9:30 p.m.
- Double lane closure at 10 p.m.
- Between midnight and 3 a.m. all traffic will be stopped several times for approximately 20 minutes each while crews lift concrete beams over the interstate.
- All lanes re-open to traffic by 5 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 18
I-95 northbound
- Single lane closure at 9:30 p.m.
- Double lane closure at 10 p.m.
- Between midnight and 3 a.m. all traffic will be stopped several times for approximately 20 minutes each while crews lift concrete beams over the interstate.
- All lanes re-open to traffic by 5 a.m.
Virginia State Police are assisting with traffic control in the work zone.
Fall Hill Avenue Widening and I-95 Overpass Replacement
Construction is underway on a $44.4 million project to widen Fall Hill Avenue in Fredericksburg to four lanes between Gordon W. Shelton Boulevard and the Rappahannock Canal.
A new four-lane overpass is under construction over I-95 northbound and southbound. Traffic began traveling on the first half of the newly constructed overpass in February, while work progresses on the second half of the bridge. Estimated project completion is January 2017.